布朗克斯

Traditional form:

布朗克斯

Pinyin (reading):

Bùlǎngkèsī

Definitions:

• The Bronx, borough of New York City
• Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx)
• also written 布朗士

Characters:

• 布 - cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
• 朗 - bright, clear, distinct
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 布 - cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
• 朗 - bright, clear, distinct
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations